Film

The Reading Machine (1977)

• 11 dicembre 1977
• 22m

Trama

In this Borgesian satire on knowledge and technology, bibliophilic desire leads to the construction of a pedal-powered reading machine. Resembling a combination of gymnastic contraption, printing press and early cinematic apparatus, the machine’s purpose remains ambiguous. And like this machine, Terayama’s film connects his work in poetry, motion picture and graphic design by weaving together printed and projected, still and moving images.

Regista

寺山修司

Sceneggiatori

寺山修司

Con

Momo Yaguchi, 若松武史, 新高恵子